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September 6, 2018

Kristin Lee joined her former teacher Itzhak Perlman for a performance of Bach's Concerto for Two Violins at San Francisco Symphony's Opening Night Gala, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.

Watch Kristin Lee and Jason Vieaux live on WRTI

January 22, 2018

Kristin Lee and Jason Vieaux preview their sold out concert at Philadelphia Chamber Music Society with works by Piazzolla, Paganini, and Vivian Fung's Twist, which Kristin commissioned.

Emerald City Music opens with John Luther Adams world premiere

September 22, 2017

Emerald City Music, co-founded by Artistic Director Kristin Lee and Executive Director Andrew Goldstein, kicked off its second season with a program featuring a world premiere by Grammy-winning composer John Luther Adams.

The SunBreak reported, "The enthusiastic sold-out audience bodes well for the rest of this season with its six concerts all of which include fresh and unexpected musical ideas."

Kristin Lee performs in Moab Music Festival

August 31, 2017

Every September, Moab Music Festival brings musicians to red rock venues around Moab, Utah. Watch Kristin's performance with cellist Clancy Newman as part of a 3-day river trip in McDonald Creek Canyon.

August 23, 2017

Kristin Lee and violist Matthew Lipman performed the Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia as part of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's residency at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Watch below!

Kristin Lee receives glowing review for her Prokofiev sonata at The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

July 18, 2017

"[Kristin Lee]'s Prokofiev was, in a word, spectacular. And, with their usual knack for matching up musicians of like quality, Michael Brown at the Steinway played with thrilling verve and clarity." - Oberon's Grove

Kristin Lee performs Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with Nu Deco Ensemble

May 1, 2017

Kristin Lee joined Miami's Nu Deco Ensemble for a packed season finale at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Composer Sam Hyken created a program featuring versions of Bach's Toccata and Fugue, Stravinsky's The Firebird and Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, which featured Kristin Lee as soloist.

New video: Glitch for violin and "hacked" theremin

March 31, 2017

Jakub Ciupinski wrote Glitch for Kristin Lee's Double Helix project back in April 2014. This performance, live at National Sawdust in November 2015, is an "upgraded" version with extended improvisations.

Kristin Lee performs virtuosic LeClair concerto on tour with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Kristin returns to the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic

January 15, 2017

Following a successful performance in November 2016, violinist Kristin Lee was invited back to The National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic to perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with conductor José Antonio Molina on January 13, 2017. Watch the live performance below!

Kristin embarks on national tour with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

December 8, 2016

Kristin joins The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for a national tour of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.

Watch Kristin perform "wordless conversation" at TEDxNewYork

December 1, 2016

In September, Kristin represented The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at TEDxNewYork with violist Matthew Lipman, where they received a standing ovation for their performance of Johan Halvorsen's Passacaglia in G minor.

Kristin and the Nordic Chamber Orchestra receive stellar review

October 8, 2016

Kristin Lee joined conductor Sarah Iaonnides and the Nordic Chamber Orchestra for Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Sundsvalls Tidning wrote this review, reporting “... it is rare to hear a violinist with such a mellow, confident and stable sound, who does not need intensive vibrato to fill the room and carry out over the orchestra.”

Violinist Kristin Lee featured in Simple Gifts: CMS at Shaker Village

September 13, 2016

Kristin Lee is featured in the season premiere of Live from Lincoln Center, streaming now on WNET Thirteen New York. Watch her lead the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Copland's Appalachian Spring at 58 minutes into the program.

Kristin Lee appears at TEDxNewYork

September 13, 2016

Kristin and violinist Matthew Lipman recently represented the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at TEDxNewYork.

Kristin Lee joins Camerata Pacifica

August 22, 2016

Kristin officially joins the Camerata Pacifica as a Principal Artist on their roster, sitting in the The Bernard Gondos Chair. In April 2017, she will perform Beethoven’s "Razumovsky" String Quartet with violinist Giora Schmidt, violist Richard O'Neill, and cellist Ani Aznavoorian.

Kristen Lee and Dr. Bernard Gondos.

Kristin Lee signs with Jensen Artists

July 6, 2016

FROM JENSENARTISTS.COM:

We are delighted to announce that violinist Kristin Lee has joined the Jensen Artists roster for both management and PR!

Since her concerto debut with Orchestra Atlanta at the age of 10, Kristin has enjoyed a vibrant career as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and educator. Kristin was the recipient of the 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a top prizewinner of the 2012 Walter W. Naumburg Competition. She has been praised for her "mastery of tone" by The Strad and described as "operating on such a high level that the music carried the day" by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her recent debut at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra was deemed a "perfect balance of finesse and vigor" and a "commanding performance that demanded and got rapt attention from the audience" by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Other recent engagements include appearances with the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra of China and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and a program of new works commissioned by Kristin, which was premiered at Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live and performed at Le Poisson Rouge.

Kristin was a winner of Astral Artists’ 2010 National Auditions and has spent the last six years developing her career on the non-profit organization's highly esteemed and intensely cultivated roster of classical musicians. We are thrilled and grateful that Astral Artists' Vera Wilson connected Kristin with Jensen Artists earlier this year, and look forward to partnering with her in her career.

Upcoming highlights for the 2016-17 season include her debut with the Tacoma Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Nordic Chamber Orchestra of Sweden, and return to the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional of Dominican Republic. Kristin is also a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, following her completion of a three-year residency as a CMS Two artist, and will tour in 12 states across the country with the world-renowned chamber group this season.

Kristin has previously appeared as soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Korean Broadcasting Symphony of Korea, and more, and on some of the world’s finest concert stages including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kennedy Center, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, Ravinia Festival, Metropolitan Museum, Louvre Museum in Paris, and Korea’s Kumho Art Gallery.